CVE-2023-41080 (GCVE-0-2023-41080)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-25 20:39 – Updated: 2025-10-29 12:04
VLAI
Title
Apache Tomcat: Open redirect with FORM authentication
Summary
URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') vulnerability in FORM authentication feature Apache Tomcat.This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M10, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.0.12, from 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.79 and from 8.5.0 through 8.5.92. Older, EOL versions may also be affected. The vulnerability is limited to the ROOT (default) web application.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-601 - URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat Affected: 11.0.0-M1 , ≤ 11.0.0-M10 (semver)
Affected: 10.1.0-M1 , ≤ 10.0.12 (semver)
Affected: 9.0.0-M1 , ≤ 9.0.79 (semver)
Affected: 8.5.0 , ≤ 8.5.92 (semver)
Unknown: 3 , < 8.5.0 (semver)
Unknown: 10.0.0-M1 , ≤ 10.0.27 (semver)
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Credits
This vulnerability was reported responsibly to the Tomcat security team by Yiheng Cao.
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